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West Virginian here, living in another country right now. This thread made me happy not only because so many West Virginians surfaced on Reddit, but also because no one was attacked as being un-American for raising historical facts. I'm living in what is ostensibly a large democracy, but you can't do that here.

when given the golden opportunity to plant trees, it feels as though forestry officials are attracted to non-indigenous species, and tend also to plant shrubs more befitting the driveway of a government office building. i feel that the focus should be – wherever possible – on mighty shade-giving trees that will keep moisture in the soil, and provide shade to people and animals in the hot season. too much of Karnataka suffers from desertification.

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." ~ Greek proverb

Among the top 3 problems mentioned in the article is "unavailability of anti-venom supply". This part of the problem is improving. See here for a map of realtime anti-snake-venom (ASV) availability across all districts of Karnataka.

Indian roots are Sanskrit. You cannot divorce the two. Sanskrit is one of the most sophisticated languages ever devised and it has actual roots in India. This cannot be said of most other Indian languages, except for those that branch off of Sanskrit. Elimination of Sanskrit knowledge just leaves the door open for unpleasant forces to hijack Indian discontent toward self-destruction.

very interesting and practical, indeed. working on a project right now to coordinate logistics for essential medicines and vaccines in the eastern Himalayas. we need to keep these items reliably available at the point of care (at the right time, in the right quantity, at the right place, etc.) in what is often a tiny village or mountainside hamlet. the chapters on reconnaissance and logistics were relevant and useful to my work. thanks for posting.

[Doctors] who got the statistics questions wrong were more likely to say they had good training in statistical literacy than those who did not, giving a rare demonstration of the Dunning-Kruger effect in the wild.